We are born for synergy, just like the feet, just like the hands, just like the eyes, just like the rows of upper and lower teeth. Working against each other is unnatural, and being annoyed and turning one's back is counterproductive.

The wrongdoer is often the person who left something undone, rather than the person who has done something

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

Whatever any one does or says, I must be good; just as if the emerald were always saying this: "Whatever any one does or says, I must still be emerald, and keep my color.

Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.

We are the other of the other

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value